Pistol-packing 69-year-old in Alabama shoots 18-year-old intruder in her bedroom

69-year-old Ala. woman shoots 18-year-old intruder

DECATUR, Ala. — A pistol-packing 69-year-old woman in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again. Police said Ethel Jones shot an 18-year-old man in the stomach when she found him inside her bedroom at her home in Decatur. Jones said she sleeps with her gun under a pillow next to her and said she grabbed it after hearing a door rattle shortly before 3 a.m. Monday.

Police said the suspect removed a window air conditioner to get inside the home. He was in the hospital and faces a charge of second-degree burglary.

Information from: The Decatur Daily, www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/index.shtml